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07 Apr 2022
Blog Post

Product Management at HBS: Roll Up Your Sleeves and Learn by Doing

helped me to develop a new vernacular, get my “hands dirty” with product management, and grow the confidence to explore new horizons in the video game industry. My key takeaways: Coming to Terms with Terms. Clarity in communication was a... View Details

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2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Likelihood That a Crisis Is Imminent and Will Happen Within the Next 12 Months? Overall, respondents were also confident that, even if a crisis did occur, the financial system could withstand it. Less than 25% of respondents were not... View Details

12 Dec 2005
Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

Intel has avoided antitrust run-ins in large part because it effectively trained its marketers about what were and were not permissible trade practices. The goal is not to train managers to be lawyers or to advise themselves but to give them the vocabulary and View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services

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Business Finance Course Online | HBS Online

potential projects Examine how capital markets work and how they affect your business Develop a financial intuition that will give you the confidence to make effective decisions in your career and life Who Will Benefit Early and... View Details

July 2019 (Revised May 2021)
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Acelerex

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock

In early 2019, Randell Johnson, Founder and Chief Executive of Acelerex, was reflecting on the company’s first year of rapid growth and the challenges of scaling the business that lay ahead. Acelerex was riding the waves of change taking place in electrical power grids... View Details

Keywords: Energy; Energy Sources; Growth Management; Expansion; Global Strategy; Cash Flow; Energy Industry; Web Services Industry; Consulting Industry

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16 Oct 2015
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HBS and the Arts

my time at the Metropolitan Museum as a teenager. At HBS, I am constantly learning from my classmates, who are eager to share their experiences across industries and from around the world. My first year gave me the confidence to approach... View Details

21 Jul 2021
Research & Ideas

What Does an ESG Score Really Say About a Company?

Receiving more information can clarify the complex, but not when it comes to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) scores. A recent study shows that the more information a company discloses about its ESG practices, the more rating agencies disagree on how well... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

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Leading in Tough Times: HBS Faculty Member Amy C. Edmondson on Psychological Safety

Edmondson explains why a psychologically safe environment is more important than ever. WHAT IS PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY? People who feel psychologically safe are confident that candor and vulnerability are welcome in their workplace. They... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

Buy Big, Sell Small

announced $16 million in Series A funding from investors, which it will use to expand its platform and offer more products and services to customers. Shruti likens the current phase of her entrepreneurial journey to “being on a hike where you can’t see the summit but... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; retail; supply chain management; entrepreneurship; leadership; innovation; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

01 Mar 2024
News

Vital Signs

greatest benefit is the tool’s ability to give clinicians confidence over a wider range of expertise, Gresser says. Health systems in the UK and elsewhere have been responding to the staffing shortages by recruiting more nurse... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

February 2019 (Revised August 2019)
Case

KangaTech

By: Karim R. Lakhani, Patrick J. Ferguson, Sarah Fleischer, Jin Hyun Paik and Steven Randazzo

On a warm January afternoon in 2019, Steve Saunders, Dave Scerri, Carl Dilena, and Nick Haslam (see Exhibit 1 for biographies), co-founders of KangaTech, wrapped up the latest round of discussions about the future direction of their sports-technology start-up. Focused... View Details

Keywords: Startup; Technology Commercialization; Prototype; Business Startups; Technological Innovation; Sports; Health; Commercialization; Research and Development; Decision Making; Growth and Development Strategy; Technology Industry; Sports Industry; Health Industry; Australia

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New York Times bestseller, Wall Street Journal bestseller, Washington Post bestseller, Chicago Tribune bestseller, Publishers Weekly bestseller, USA Today bestseller, Amazon "Best Books of December" pick and... View Details

21 Mar 2024
Blog Post

SVMP Gave Me the Courage to Fail

areas of my life. The courage to fail during case discussions. At the beginning of the program, the fear of saying the wrong thing held many of us back from expressing our thoughts. However, as we worked through more case studies, our View Details

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Online Leadership Principles Course | HBS Online

of age, proficient in English, and committed to learning and engaging with fellow participants throughout the course. Learn about bringing this course to your organization . Learner Stories 84% have more confidence making business... View Details

09 Oct 2020
Blog Post

4 Things To Know About the MS/MBA Biotech

issues around new therapeutics and models. Others may pursue the degree for an entirely different reason, but I am confident that the program will, across the board, facilitate the leadership skills necessary to build and run health care... View Details

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Understanding Customers

In conventional business case studies, protagonists almost never have the option of stepping back to seek a new understanding of the customer. But to be effective in practice, managers need both the self-assurance and ability to initiate and pursue, with rigor and... View Details

11 Oct 2013
HBS Seminar

Sen Chai, Post-Doc Labor & Worklife Program at the Harvard Law School, and NBER

18 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Hazard Warning: The Unacceptable Cost of Toxic Workers

reveals how confident they are. “If you’re overconfident, you think you’re less likely to be caught. That’s very predictive of toxicity. The more overconfident you are, you’re much more likely to be toxic,” Minor says. The rule-following... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

12 Oct 2022
Blog Post

11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

didn’t feel safe or welcomed. It wasn’t until I met my first partner senior year of college that I found someone that could begin filling those gaps in support I so desperately craved, eventually giving me the confidence and strength that... View Details

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Developing Instructor Style - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

allows them to project both confidence and humility. First-time case teachers should be wary of responding defensively to challenges in the classroom and generally should avoid using an apologetic tone or self-deprecating humor.... View Details

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